Just when I thought “Lisztomania” was getting to the “overplayed to the point of banality” stage, this comes along and changes all of that. So, is it wrong that I think this version not only builds on the original, but could even improve on it? Whatever. If it is, I don’t want to be right.
Quite simply, beautiful.
Ps. So, did you miss me? I’m back. I think. We’ll see.